Economics, government & business

A lack of education and skills is beginning to affect the UK's ability to compete in a global marketplace.

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) needs to do more in Whitehall to support UK manufacturing, according to the...

Just 15% of the UK's higher education institutions have implemented a new pay modernisation agreement.

The UK workforce is set to rise by 6.7% over the next 14 years, from 30.1 million people today, to 32.1 million people by 2020

The Department of Trade & Industry last year tripled its spending on temporary staff despite being ordered to slash employee costs.

More than 3.3 million jobs have been created in service firms since Labour came to power in 1997, research has claimed.

The hospitality sector is likely to suffer most as HM Revenue & Customs clamps down on tax-avoiding benefits.

Guidance for employers on carrying out TUPE transfers is available from the DTI.

Private sector candidate takes top HR job at Cabinet Office.

TUC report calls for government to rethink attitude to supporting manufacturing.

Budget hotel group Travelodge has appointed the world’s first director of sleep for £60,000, despite the threat of job cuts in middle management

The Department for Education and Skills (DFES) has launched its fourth annual awards to recognise individuals and support teams in the learning and skills sector

Employment in the public sector rose by 72,000 from January to September 2005, compared with an increase of 115,000 the previous year. The largest increases were in health and social work (45,000) and the education sector (25,000)

Lord Turner's proposals to solve the UK's looming pensions crisis is a "throwback to the Stalinist era", according to the head of the UK's pension fund lobby

Royal Mail is reportedly planning to begin a fresh round of cost-cutting that unions fear may trigger 40,000 job losses and a major switch from full-time to part-time work